A Press Release issued today by suggests that addressing the current housing crisis by capping rents will lead to poorer standards of accommodation and a reduction in the supply of properties.
The recent...
From a shortlist of 36 from six Regional Award categories and five Principal Award categories, Yvonne Hall has been named the overall winner and NLA Property Woman of the Year 2012.
Supported by headline...
Tenant referencing has now evolved to the extent that insurance companies are prepared to underwrite the risks associated with the financing of Advanced Rent payments, allowing landlords to secure payment...
Criminalising squatting has had severe consequences for the homeless, leaving them with no where to go during winter causes mortality rates to rise. Combating the causes of homelessness has never been...
Guest article by Howard Reuben IFA
I am not a salesman, but ……….. buy it whilst it’s cheap!
If you are considering your life cover plans at the moment or if you need to arrange life insurance over...
Rightmove’s latest Consumer Confidence Survey of more than 33,000 home-movers finds that the proportion of respondents expecting average asking prices to be higher a year from now has risen to 29%, up...
Simon Dowse of Salisbury
I have been a landlord for over 3 years and have worked in the housing market since 2004. I am slowly building a portfolio of rental properties with the aim of keeping them for...
The founders of Property Tribes and Property118 are very much believers in collaboration as opposed to competition. With this in mind both forums have agreed to share with each others readers the trending...
RLA welcomes news that the Department for Work and Pensions will allow direct payments of housing benefits to be made to landlords in Northern Ireland.
However Ministers at the DWP have objected to the...
Couples in property limbo are living in Flatshares with no way onto the property ladder.
44% of couples living in flatshares say their living situation is affecting future plans to start families
14%...
Peter Block of Homes2rent-uk.co.uk St Albans
I am a Landlord and over the past 10 years we have built up experience in successfully managing the purchase, letting and upkeep of residential properties.
An Enquiry into the Private Rented Sector by The Communities and Local Government Committee will give us all an important opportunity to voice our opinions before the 17th of January 2013.
The Enquiry...
Last month Mark wrote an open letter to The Property Ombudsman, which is copied below, concerning agents operating illegally. To see that letter and the reply from Christopher J Hamer of The Property Ombudsman...
Landlord possession claims increase as rent arrears are at their highest level for four years. The Government’s quarterly court statistics show that in the second quarter of 2012 there were 25,422...
Christopher Hamer The Property Ombudsman took up his current post in 2006.
Prior to this he was the Private Secretary to the Parliamentary Commissioner, Director of Services at the Insurance Ombudsman...
Peter Lewis of Devon Landlords Association and his wife have been landlords for about fifteen years as a result of a daughter going to University and deciding to become a landlord rather than paying...
Norwich City Council is the first local authority in the country to use Proceeds Of Crime Act (POCA) 2002 against a Criminal landlord who failed to comply with HMO license conditions.
Mr Joseph Howman,
The founders of Property Tribes and Property118 are very much believers in collaboration as opposed to competition. With this in mind both forums have agreed to share with each others readers the trending...